Toxics Cleanup > Aquatic Lands Cleanup

Aquatic Lands Cleanup

The Aquatic Lands Cleanup Unit of the Toxics Cleanup Program serves as the central planning group for Department of Ecology sediment management activities:

• Adoption and amendment of the Sediment Management Standards, Chapter 173-204 WAC
• Sediment source control activities
• Sediment cleanup activities
• Dredged material management

Further information is available about the following activities or areas of interest connected with the Department of Ecology's sediment management program:

• Sediment Management Standards
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Sediment Chemical Criteria
• To Access and Analyze Sediment Data go to  Environmental Information Management System/My EIM 
• EIM Data Submittal Requirements
• Sediment Publications
  • For guidance on sampling and analysis requirements see the Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan Appendix (SAPA) February 2008  
  • For guidance on cleanup please see the Model Toxics Control Act
• Sediment Contact List and Expertise Directory
• Sediment Management Annual Review Meeting Minutes (SMARMM)
• Sediment Phthalates Work Group

Cleanup Status Reports

• 2008 Sediment Cleanup Status Report
• 2005 Sediment Cleanup Status Report
• 2003 Sediment Cleanup Status Report
• 2001 Sediment Cleanup Status Report
• 2000 Sediment Cleanup Status Report
• 1996 Sediment Management Standards
  Contaminated Sediment Site List (For future Site List see the Cleanup Status Reports)
  
  

State-wide Sediment Cleanup Sites

• ASARCO - Tacoma
• Bellingham Bay Pilot Project
• BNSF Railway Skykomish
• Budd Inlet
  • Budd Inlet Sediments - Sediments Investigation Update
  • Frequently Asked Questions about Budd Inlet Sediments Investigation
  • Cascade Pole Olympia
• Commencement Bay/Nearshore Tideflats
• Duwamish Waterway
  • Lower Duwamish Waterway Source Control Update
• Eagle Harbor/Wyckoff
• Rayonier-Port Angeles
• Spokane River
• Whatcom Waterway/Georgia Pacific

Search for a Cleanup Site

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Other sediment-related links within Department of Ecology's website

Environmental Assessment Program

• Environmental Assessment Publications Related to Sediments
• Marine Sediment Ambient Monitoring
• Laboratory Accreditation
• Environmental Assessment Bibliography

Toxics Cleanup Program

• Model Toxics Control Act
• Search for Cleanup Sites
• Complex Cleanup Sites

Water Quality Program

• Water Quality Standards and Monitoring
• Water Quality Assessment (303d), Contaminated Sediment Listings
• Proposed changes to stormwater permits

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Links to other sediment management agency sites

• US Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District Homepage
• Dredged Material Management Program (DMMP)
• DMMP Biennial Reports
  
  
• Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Homepage
  • EPA Region 10 Sediment Links
    
    
• Washington Department of Natural Resources Homepage
  
  
• Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team Homepage
  • Puget Sound Protocols

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Questions or comments about the SMU web page? Contact Gina Casteel at gcas461@ecy.wa.gov